To:A. I. RYKOV

Published:First published in 1931 inLenin Miscellany XVIII.

      Sent from Paris to Berlin.

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      Progress Publishers,[1977],

      Moscow,Volume 43,

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DearVlasov,

Weare sending you (and Grigory) a copy of a letter written today by
Semashko (a member of the Central Committee Bureau Abroad) to Grigory.

Fromthis letter you will see of course that the crisis is coming to a
head. The Bundists have shown their
hand[1](whether it was Makar who made them do so or the arrests in
Petersburg[2]that are to blame, God only knows).

Itis perfectly clear that the Bundists have understood full well the
simple truth that noweverythingdepends on the votes: whether the
Poles+the Bundists will have one vote more or not.

TheBundists are fighting desperately to have that extra vote in the
Central Committee.

Somuch is clear. The Bundists arestopping at nothingto gain
that extra vote in the Central Committee by hook or by crook.

OftheGolosMensheviks there already are two that are
certain, the Londoners Kostrov andPyotr, who was recently
released (we have been informed to that effect).

Theenemies, then, have fully united. The only way to save the day is
to get Makar, Lindov,Lyubich(and if possible Vadim)
out of the country at all costs, and without delay.

Somebodymust be sent over for this purpose. For God’s sake can’t you
see that by delaying the dispatch of a person you are riskingevery
daythe arrest of Makar, the failure ofeverything. Send
Mikhail Mironych (and if he refuses, Chasovnikov from Liége, or
Pyatnitsa’s wife, she has the proper papers and already went once) to both
Lyubich and Makar at once, without fail.

Ifyou don’t do this, you are risking throwing away thelastchance of convening a plenary meeting and restoring the C.C. in general.

IfYudin is at loggerheads with Makar, it is possible that Makar too
has seen through the manoeuvres and trickeryof the Bundists; but to see is not enough, one must know how to fight.

IfLindovcannottravel abroad, let Makar comealone(after obtaining authorisation to act for the Bureau); with Makar here we
shall find a way out of the situation together with him.

Replyat once.

Yours,Lenin

[1]Areference to the protests registered by the Bundists Yudin (member of
the Bureau of the C.C., R.S.D.L.P., in Russia) and Lieber (Ber) (member of
the C.C. Bureau Abroad) against the convocation of a C.C. plenary meeting
abroad.

[2]OnFebruary 9 (22), 1911, Lydia Knipovich, Lyubov Radchenko,
V. D. Bonch-Bruyevich and others were arrested in St. Petersburg.